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on Obama about his support of the bailout because then he might have to respond to the question of exactly what does McC support in this situation?  He does not say what he will support because he wants to test the wind before he declares his opinion.  He went back to Wash and got everyone fighting and then left.  I loved Obama's chuckle when McC tried to compare Obama to Bush.  It was my favorite moment of the debate.  He has a great smile.  I wonder who he was looking at to his left.  Was Michelle sitting on the front row giving him support?

This inauguration stuff is really on my nerves (and I voted for Obama.....er against McCain).  I know this is an historic event and there have always been these big expensive parties.  If we're going to have change, how about starting with this ridiculous spending?  How many people actually get to attend the party?  Not me.  How about you?  Probably not many of the common folks.  We have 3 teachers from our local school who are attending the inauguration.  They won't be attending the party either.

I am still not sorry I voted for Obama but there are already a few things that aren't sitting well with me.  The extravagant party is 1 and his plan to give a "rebate" even to people who don't pay taxes is the other.  The world IMHO has gone totally mad.  Someone told me the other day that on the Christmas Angel tree for adults someone had put cigarettes as what they wanted.  I don't know if this is true or not but I wouldn't doubt it.  If soneone actually did that...the bloody nerve!

Anyway, I won't get on my soap box but we will see what we see.

These press conferences are to let everyone know who's going to be in his cabinet and to reiterate that he had no contact with Blago. Why does he keep saying this? He supposedly is going to release documents "next week" that will prove it. So, I will wait until next week.

I just read an article by Morton Kondracke in the local newspaper where his health plan cost may top $3 TRILLION. That's almost as bad as the bailout plus. Where does he think this money is going to come from? THAT's the question I want answered.

All his other lofty promises, too. All will cost money. Who's going to pay?  He can't tax the businesses as they are the key to jobs and, if he does that, the jobs will be gone. He can't tax the working people because, if he does that, he's backing out on his promise plus the working people can't take any more taxes.

With unemployment at such high rates and more every day, how long do you think unemployment benefits will last? Already Michigan and another state have 0 balances in their unemployment benefit chest. The governor of PA (Rendell) stated he only has enough employment benefits in the coffer to last 6 months IF there are no more people opening a claim. Without people working, they aren't paying taxes. Without tax money, the government can't provide benefits. Even SS is at risk to run out before the stated time mentioned a year or 2 ago.

So tell me, will he wave a magic wand and the money will appear? Probably, which will lower our dollar purchasing power and put us more into debt.

It's time for people to wake up. The depression is here. The reason the O read about FDR is to try and figure out what to do, but FDR didn't have a crisis such as this. This is above and beyond anything that ever happened.